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Helping at-risk children and teens develop character through a national after-school network
Shade and Fresh Water was born in 2000 in an effort to help the Brazilian Methodist Church unify and coordinate its social programming with children, provide materials for local churches and train those working with children. Over the past 18 years, Shade and Fresh Water has grown to approximately 60 projects, currently serves over 3,000 children and youth and counts on the support of over 2,000 volunteers around the country. Each project has a common vision of providing a place for children to experience the kingdom of God and feel loved, respected and welcomed. It is a place where they learn, develop and exercise kingdom values (love, justice, grace, community, etc.). Shade and Fresh Water programming is based fundamentally on Christian Education, Educational Support, and Sports and Recreation. Other complementary classes can include holistic health, arts, citizenship and digital integration. All activities are aimed at providing children opportunities to grow in their faith, develop personal agency, succeed academically and experience new opportunities that inspire them and encourage them to grow into the people that God created them to be. Over the past 18 years, we have seen innumerous lives transformed, hundreds of children who have grown up to pursue educational dreams and countless children who are now serving as educators for the next generation of children in our projects today. Shade and Fresh Water works with the families of children to develop a more holistic strategy and also works within the context of local Methodist churches to provide a long term spiritual care and community for our families.
Our primary goal is to help at-risk children and teens develop Christian character, kingdom values and facilitate their experience of abundant life through a national after-school network of activities and programs.
We would like to see a community where lives are transformed, families can thrive, violence, crime and drug trafficking is drastically reduced, and children and adults alike can actively participate in making their community what they want it to be.
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